My Keto Story

Hi all,

Our little Facebook group is gaining in numbers as we all share our successes and experiences with our friends. Just for the record, just because “California” is in the name does not mean that we are restricting membership to Californians. The name just sounded cool, so I ran with it.

As my success with the Keto lifestyle, or way of eating has become more obvious to the people around me, I have been getting more and more questions about how I got started and who I read or what program I’m following. So, I am going to write my story on my blog. The first reason is because it will probably be longer than anyone wants to see in a Facebook post, but I am also reviving my very old blog I hopes of turning it into fame. Just kidding… It’s just easier to share the blog link with those not into social media.

I decided a long time ago that I was tired of being fat. I realized that, although I did not “feel” that I was in bad health I knew that my weight was causing issues that I could not see or “feel”. I also knew that my weight WAS the cause of the pain and discomfort in my knees, back, feet and everywhere else that being fat made painful. It wasn’t just all the weight I was carrying around all day and all night. It was the swelling, or as the doctors say…inflammation. Some things you don’t think about, but I realized when they weren’t an issue anymore; My shoelaces were not short, my feet were swollen, my hips were bruised and sore because my belt was too tight…trying to keep my pants up, my glasses had to have springs on the arms because regular glasses didn’t fit my fat head, according to my wife when I slept on my back I would stop breathing (due to the weight on the outside as well as my internal organs pressing on my lungs), there are more and I am sure y’all have some of your own. Even through all of that, there was always an excuse. There was always a reason to do nothing about it. Anyhow, I was consistently bouncing the scale off the 300lb mark. Something had to give.

My dad was apparently going through the same or similar thoughts, but he actually did something about it. He found some videos or something by Dr. Eric Westman that struck a nerve with him and he began transitioning his way of eating to a Ketogenic diet. This is not diet in the sense that you eat this way until you lose some weight and then go back to eating the crap that put you in the position you are now. This is how you eat from now on…your new diet. The definition of diet that I am talking about is a noun, not a verb. This is your diet; you are not on a diet.

When I started researching this way of eating, I of course ran it past my wife first, for a couple of reasons. First off, she does the shopping and most of the cooking. Without her on board, this was going to be a rough go for me. But most of all, she was already into the “eating healthy” thing. She was already researching foods and how and what to eat and do for her personal progress. I knew that she would do the bulk of the research and let me know if it was worth it to try. I knew from prior experience that I could do this. Was it healthy was a new concern that didn’t worry me 15 years ago. Apparently she had heard of “Keto” and was seeing its popularity begin ramp up. So, now she’s in.

I gave myself a start date of two weeks out. I needed to read more about it (when I say read, I mean watch videos) and figure out how I was going to go forward with what seemed like was going to be a major transition. It was during these two weeks that I discovered the more technical and literal Dr. Eric Berg as well as the knowledgeable yet humorous Dr. Ken D Berry. After watching these guys (and others) I knew this was going to work out just fine.

Okay folks, this is turning out to be a lot longer than I originally anticipated. I can tell some of you are already bored. So, I am going to break this up into a few smaller posts instead of one long post. I am going to post the link in a couple places. If you see this, please feel free to subscribe to this blog or join our Facebook group… California Keto Club. (click here)

Keep an eye out for the continuation if you would like to see how my story plays out.